5. That President shall have veto power over single line budgetary items in any budget bill presented by Congress for signature.

that would allow the President to veto individual line items…

But I’m genuinely intrigued by #32 Seanmahair’s idea of a 3 day national spending “strike”. Now I think that’s one hell of an idea! But it would certainly grab SOMEONE’s attention…if we can get 1 million + people to DC on 9/12…how many do you think we could get to…just not spend a dime for 3 days…it’s intriguing…

I’ve always said, heaven help Washington if the electorate ever figures out they have the power. One 3 day nationwide strike and this country would be on it’s knees. Just imagine if those “rich” lower middle, upper lower wage workers stop spending money at Wal-Mart, the grocery store and gas stations. Image if they started to put their money in savings instead of buying a new car or stereo or TV. What if they ate at home instead of going out, watched the movies they own instead of going to the theater? Stopped driving their gas guzzling cars and spent even more time with a good book, their family or their church.

Business would be on it’s knees but the government would be right behind them. I’d hate to see it come to that but I have a feeling, especially with the socialists in charge now, that things are libel to go there. I hope minorities and liberals can prop up the government, because those of us on the “grassroots” right are getting really tired of footing the bill. Maybe it’s time for us to become disenfranchised, and disengaged. Time for us to play the victim card, ’cause we are tired being silent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrAOe4w1zzw

Don’t let anyone serve more than one term. Some of the reasons to do this:

• It gives us a one-term-limited Congress without using an amendment
• It encourages ordinary citizens to run for Congress
• It is supported by 70% of the country (see Rasmussen and Cato polls)
• It is completely nonpartisan
• If repeated, it ends career politicians in Congress
• It opens the way to a “citizen Congress” of guys like you and me
* It would open a torrent of fresh ideas to improve our government
• It ends the seniority system that keeps freshmen powerless
• It doesn’t cost money. But you MUST vote! Just don’t vote for an incumbent
• It takes effect immediately on Election Day
• It is the only infallible, unstoppable, guaranteed way to “Throw the Bums Out”
• When the ‘pros’ stop running, ordinary citizens will run and win
• If it doesn’t work, do it again and again! It will work eventually, without a doubt.

NEVER REELECT ANYONE IN CONGRESS. AND DO IT EVERY ELECTION!

nelson lee walker of tenurecorrupts.com
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I informed him of a similar thing happening in PA, with our GOP chair in bed with Jack Murtha and currently working to push the peoples choice out of the picture, Bill Russell, to put up his boy.

Why should any conservative work within THAT party?

Translation: “Give us your money and then sit down and shut up”.

Term limits is what caused so many good guys from the ‘94 revolution to leave in 2000.”

Good points. What happens is the half-way decent pols, the ones you want to stay there, honor their term limit pledges and the sleazebags simply ignore them and run again anyway.

I do think that by the time one has spent a couple of decades in DC, it’s probably time to go. I lived in DC for over a dozen years and I saw how the place works. The minute a pol sets foot in DC, the pressure is on him or her to become a player. Well, how do you do that in DC? By busying yourself spending taxpayers money and making sure you haul enough pork home to keep the voters there happy. By getting on important committees, which means you have to play nice with your fellow pols. The game comes naturally to Dems; they ease up to the trough without a second thought. But a conservative has to constantly do battle with the politican within – the pol that wants power and influence and the fun of setting the ground rules everyone else has to play by. Is it any wonder that so many Republicans give up and go with the flow? That how you get popular in DC – you get invited to the right dinner parties and the WaPo says nice things about you. It take an exceptional person to hold his or her ground year after year after year, and as you may have noticed, backbones of steel are pretty uncommon among those who have a yen to run for office.

I don’t doubt your intentions Rich Vail, just the attempt to elevate your cause through historical misappropriation.

As for the citizens revolt – I’ve heard it my whole life. The Term limits movement had it’s broadest success at the state level – and guess what – it’s just as damaging there as it would be if you took us back into the 19th century. I live in Arizona – and everyone is term limited – and it hasn’t solved squat.

Marc Malone already pointed out the fundemental problem with the Term Limits argument. We have elections. As far as a movement – your cause ranks with bringing back the gold standard and a flat tax.

You make it happen and I’ll eat by great-grandfathers ‘Bryant in ’98′ pennant.